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Ipsos Political Monitor November
Ipsos's November Political Monitor latest voting intentions (based on all those who say they are certain to vote) gives the Conservatives 35%, Labour 33% and the Liberal Democrats 20%, a swing of 2.5% from Labour to Conservatives since General Election.
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Public Attitudes To Parenting
The public believe that better parenting is key to reducing crime and anti-social behaviour in Britain according to a new poll by the Ipsos Social Research Institute. A failure to bring up children properly is felt the main cause of anti-social behaviour today and the public are keen for steps to be taken. The large majority believe that parents should be held responsible for the bad behaviour of their children and be made to take help if their child is involved in anti-social behaviour. Two-thirds of parents say they would personally find help from outside their friends and family useful in dealing with difficult or troublesome behaviour of their children.
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Keeping Warm in Winter
Comparative survey of attitudes and behaviour among older people in the UK and Sweden
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Ipsos Political Monitor October 2006
Ipsos's October Political Monitor shows that Labour retains a small voting intentions lead over the Conservatives among the 56% of the electorate who say they are absolutely certain to vote. Tony Blair has also seen a rise in the proportion of the public satisfied with his performance as Prime Minister, up from 26% in early September to 32% now, though a majority of the public remain dissatisfied (60%) with him. The proportion of the public satisfied with David Cameron as Conservative party leader stands at 31%, exactly the same as first measured by Ipsos in January of this year. However the proportion dissatisfied with Cameron has almost doubled over this time, from 17% to 32%. More than a third (37%) say they don't know if they are satisfied or dissatisfied with Cameron.
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Happy Families?
Television parenting programmes are having a powerful influence on parenting techniques in Great Britain, research by Ipsos reveals. But the research — for the National Family and Parenting Institute — also shows a large proportion of those who view such programmes (37%) believe that such programmes sensationalise family problems for public entertainment.
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Majority Support In Parliament For Replacement Nuclear Plants
Research by Ipsos among British MPs this Summer has shown a major boost to the acceptability of building replacement nuclear power stations. Sixty-one percent of MPs now support this; up 16 points since Summer 2005. Within this, the most notable change is the growth in support among Labour MPs: up 22 points to 60%. There is a sense this support is a little reluctant — just 44% are actually favourable towards nuclear energy — but it is sustained by a feeling there is no real alternative, given the need for limiting carbon emissions.
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Ipsos Political Monitor August / September 2006
Satisfaction with the performance of Tony Blair as prime minister has hit new lows over the past two months, the latest Ipsos poll has found. The prime minister's performance rating is now barely a third of what it was immediately following his landslide election in 1997.
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Ipsos Political Monitor July
The two key findings from this month's Political Monitor survey provide grim reading for both the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition — Tony Blair's personal satisfaction ratings have fallen to the lowest levels of his premiership and, for the first time, more of the public is dissatisfied than satisfied with the performance of David Cameron.
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The General Public's High Expectations of Adult Social Care
Ipsos's recent research conducted on behalf of Disability Rights Commission (DRC) looks at public attitudes towards social care. The survey reveals that there is a gulf between expectation and provision of adult social care in Great Britain.
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Voting intentions In Scotland 2005-2006
Since the 2005 General Election, there has been a dearth of information published on voting intentions in Scotland, with only one published poll in April 2006. This article details the pattern of stated voting intentions in Scotland measured in Ipsos's Social Policy Monitor survey in 2005 and the first half of 2006. This survey is a face-to-face in-home 'omnibus' survey that uses random pre-selected sampling rather than quota sampling, and is therefore a unique source of polling data for Scotland.